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Royals in Front Royal: The Day the King and Queen Came to Town
Posted on 05/1/2026 02:20 AM (The Daily Register)
South Korean Catholics hit 6 million, confront aging, declining vocations (UCANews)
Posted on 05/1/2026 02:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The Sunday Mass attendance rate fell from 25% in 2015 to 15% in 2025. The bishops’ conference also reported declining numbers of seminarians and religious vocations.
“The recovery of lapsed and inactive believers is an urgent task,” the bishops’ conference stated in its report. “How to invite back into the community those who have been unable to continue their sacramental life⦠is a pastoral question that can no longer be ignored.”
The nation of 51.5 million (map) is 32% Christian, 25% Buddhist, 15% ethnic religionist, 14% new religionist, and 11% Confucian.
Ukrainian Catholic leader reflects on Chernobyl disaster, warns world is at 'dangerous precipice' (CWN)
Posted on 05/1/2026 02:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church warned in a recent address that the world is “at a dangerous precipice where human pride and irresponsibility can lead to new disasters” reminiscent of the Chernobyl disaster.
Vatican newspaper highlights suffering of Ethiopians who are fleeing for Yemen (CWN)
Posted on 05/1/2026 02:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
In the most prominent front-page article in its April 30 edition, L’Osservatore Romano drew attention to the plight of Ethiopians who are fleeing their strife-torn nation for Yemen via Djibouti (map).
Vatican prosecutors defy appeals-court order [News Analysis] (CWN)
Posted on 05/1/2026 02:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
Vatican prosecutors have refused to comply with an order from a Vatican appeals court, in the latest stunning development in the long-running “trial of the century.”
May papal prayer intention: that everyone may have food (Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network)
Posted on 05/1/2026 01:05 AM (CatholicCulture.org - Catholic World News)
May. 1 Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter; Opt. Mem. of St. Joseph the Worker, Opt. Mem.
Posted on 05/1/2026 00:00 AM (Catholic Culture Liturgical Year)
Catholic Bishops Warn Against Failure of Nuclear Treaty, Urge Renewed Push for Disarmament
Posted on 04/30/2026 23:21 PM (The Daily Register)
Advanced Technology Recovers 42 Lost Pages of Ancient New Testament Manuscript
Posted on 04/30/2026 23:17 PM (The Daily Register)
US Bishops Urge Congress to Reject IVF Mandate, Citing Harm to Embryos and Conscience Rights
Posted on 04/30/2026 23:09 PM (The Daily Register)